Flexible curtain



(No Model.)

T. R. BUNN. FLEXIBLE CURTAIN.

No. 563,738. Patented July '14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEErcE.

THOMAS ROMEYN BUNN, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

FLEXIBLE CURTAIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 563,738, dated July 14, 1896.

Application filed May 11, 1896. Serial No. 591,066. (No specimens.)

To aZZ whomit may concern.-

Be itknown that I, TnonAs ROMEYN BUNN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flexible Curtains; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in flexible curtains of that kind or style composed of anumber of loose depcndin g strands, strings, or ropes of twisted or plaited textile material; and the object is to provide a curtain or han gin g of improved construction,consisting of separate depending strands formed with loops at their upper part and having the strands extended beyond the loops and adapted to turn over and hang down for a distance over the strands of the main curtain.

I have fully and clearly illustrated the invention in the accompanying drawings, to be taken as a part of this specification, and wherein- Figure 1 is a front View of the complete curtain as supported on a curtaimpole. Fig. 9 is a plan View of the upper portion of the curtain, showing the fringe-strands extended. Fig. 3 is asectional view showing the loop distended and the fringe-strand turned down into the position assumed when the curtain is hung.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the curtain, composed of any number of loose strands l. The number of strands may be multiplied or diminished, according to the width of the window or other opening to be closed by the curtain, and the curtain may be of any desired length. The material of the strands is preferably chenille, which may be colored as desired.

At a point adjacent to the upper end of the curtain the strands are securely woven together, as at 2, the interwoven part or section extending entirely acrossthe curtain and is of such length as to give a body to that part of the fabric, to retain the strands in close relation at that point, and to keep the loops from undue separation. Above the interwoven section 2, at a sufficient distance therefrom to form the requisite loops 3, the strands are again united and held together by a narrow line of interwoven threads, as 4, above which the free ends 5 of the strands extend and are adapted to turn over and hang down in either direction against the face of the curtain and form a covering for the loops and an ornamental fringe at the top portion of the curtain.

The curtain is readily hung by inserting a rod or pole through the loops, and after han ging it to suit the fringe is arranged inorder, as specified.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A flexible curtain composed of loose textile strands having supporting-loops formed therein by cross-lines of interwoven threads at the base and top of the loops and the upper ends of the strands extending above the loops and adapted to turn down and against the face of the curtain.

2. A flexible curtain composed of loose textile strands, loops at the upper portion of the strands, an interwoven section 2 at the base of the loops, and a narrow interwoven section 4: at the top of the loops and below the upper ends of the strands, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of. two witnesses.

THOMAS ROMEYN BUNN.

Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. NIsBE'r, JAMES H. Hanson. 

